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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
I think they would have been more worried about this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_dreadful
Also, high and low fiction writers (say, Trollope and Collins respectively -- Dickens was in-between) had a common adversary in all the old-fashioned ministers, and the like, who were proclaiming novel-reading to be sinful. This tended to bring them together, and maybe was one reason the three I mention were all friends.
She simply is not powerful enough to force this on her publishers. Maybe you'll say she could go the self-publishing route. But she may not have it in herself to be a businesswoman. And being a self-publishing Amazon boycotter would, given Amazon's dominant position, cause her to take a tremendous financial hit. I don't think people should be pressured to choose between their financial well-being and expressing their opinion.
As for her article, it is too extreme for my tastes. |
For the most part, I really don't care what an author has to say in real life. There are plenty of authors with whom I violently disagree with their views on a number of things, including some of my favorite authors. As long as they don't try to push it too much in their books, I'm fine with them having their own opinions.